Hame-holder.



A. BERNSTBIN.

HAME HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 0015,1911. 1,088,647. Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON D. c.

UNITED STA'IEIZSWEAQTENT ornron.

ABRAHAM IBERNSTEIN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HAME-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentggd Fel 24, 1914 Application filed October 5, 1911. Serial No. 652,968.

the rim of the collar, the holder having a flange 7 which bears against the front of the rim r gidly to secure the holder in position i on said. rim. Said hame holder has a flange 8 which projects outwardly from the rim of j the collar and which, together with the arm I (3, forms an angle in which the hame 2 rest-s.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in I'Iame Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a hame holder designed to hold the hame in its place on the collar and to furnish a bearing for the hame to protect the stitching of the collar.

In use the collar will often lose its shape caused by the hame wearing out the stitc 1- ing, or because the hame straps have not been properly tightened or have worked loose after adjustment. When the collar has lost its shape from any of the above causes, the hame will slip off of the collar and bear directly upon the horses skin where it will cause laceration and sores.

The object of my invention is to obviate this difficulty, and to provide a device which will at all times cause the hame to remain in its proper place on the collar, and which will also protect the collar from being worn by the hame.

The further object of my invention is to provide a bearing for the breast chain ring in double harness so that said ring will not bear against the collar.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective showing my new hame holder applied to a collar. Fig. 2 is a cross section of my invention applied to a collar. Fig. 3 is a perspective of my hame holder detached. Fig. i is a detailed view showing the manner in which the breast chain ring bears upon the same.

The numeral 1 indicates a collar of the usual form.

2 indicates the hame secured at the top by the hame strap 3. Attached to the collar 1 by means of a screw 4 passing through the front portion or rim of the collar, is the hame holder 5, the body portion thereof being threaded to receive said screw. Said hame holder has an arm 6 which projects down into the thin, stitched, portion of the collar, and extends upward along the front of the rear padded portion thereof, forming an angle as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Said hame holder is shaped to fit snugly around Two of said holders are provided on each side of the collar, as shown in Fig, 1. Both of said holders on each side of the collar may be of the shape shown in Fig. 3; however, when the collar is for use in a double set of harness, I prefer to make the lower holders with broad wearing surfaces 9, on the front side, so that the breast chain rings 10 may bear thereon, as shown in Fig. 4, instead of on the leather portions of the collar, thereby preventing the wearing of the leather.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that on a collar provided with my new hame-holders, the hames will be held in the angle of the arm 6 and prevented from slipping oil of said collar by the said arms and the flanges 8. It will also be seen that the hames, bearing on said holders, will be held away from the stitching of the collar, there by preventing the wearing out of said stitching by the rubbing of the hames. The screws 4: being screwed down tightly, compressing the collar beneath their heads, it will be seen that said heads will not project beyond the general surface of the leather portion of the collar thereby preventing any chafing of the skin by the heads of said screws.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination with a collar, a hame holder comprising a body portion rigidly secured to the rim of said collar, and an arm, said arm extending into the thin portion of the collar between the rim and padded portion thereof, and being adapted to serve as a bearing for a hame applied to said collar.

2. I11 combination with a collar, a hameholder comprising a body portion rigidly secured to the rim of said collar, an arm, said arm extending into the thin portion of the collar between the rim and padded portion thereof, and being adapted to serve as a bearing for a hame applied to said collar, and a flange on said body portion to prevent said hame from leaving said arm.

3. In combination with a collar, a hamethereof, and being adapted to serve as a bear- 5 ing'for a hanie applied to said collar and a wearing surface on said body portion adapted to be interposed between said collar and i a breast chain ring connected with said hanie.

ABRAHAM BER-NSTEIN. \Vitnesses ARTHUR H. EWALD, G120. J. SLALINE.

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